Messiah

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Messiah

Händel ; Bach Collegium Japan ; [directed by] Masaaki Suzuki

Grammofon AB BIS, p1997

Musical Sound Recording（Compact Audio Disc）

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Händel : Messiah

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Soloists: Midori Suzuki (soprano), Yoshikazu Mera (alto), John Elwes (tenor, narrator), David Thomas (bass)

Text: compiled by Charles Jennens from the Bible and Prayer Book Psalter

Compact disc

Made in Austria by DADC

Recording data: December 1996 at the Kobe Shoin Women's University, Japan

Disc 1: BIS-CD-891, disc 2: BIS-CD-892

Contents of Works

  • Disc 1. Majora Canamus (narrator) : And without controversy
  • Symphony
  • Accompagnato (tenor) : Comfort ye my people
  • Air (tenor) : But who may abide the day of his coming
  • Chorus : And he shall purify the sons of Levi
  • Recitative (alto) : Behold, a virgin shall conceive
  • Air and chorus : O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion
  • Accompagnato (bass) : For behold, darkness shall cover the earth
  • Air (bass) : The people that walked in darkness
  • Chorus : For unto us a child is born
  • Pifa
  • Recitative (soprano) : There were shepherds abiding
  • Accompagnato (soprano) : And lo, the angel of the Lord
  • Recitative (soprano) : And suddenly there was with the angel
  • Chorus : glory to God in the highest
  • Air (soprano) : Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion
  • Recitative (alto) : Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd
  • Duet (alto, soprano) : He shall feed his flock
  • Chorus : His yoke is easy, his burthen is light
  • Chorus : Behold the lamb of God
  • Air (alto) : He was despised and rejected of men
  • Disc 2. Chorus : Surely, he hath borne our griefs
  • Chorus : And with his stripes we are healed
  • Chorus : All we like sheep have gone astray
  • Accompagnato (tenor) : All they that see him laugh
  • Chorus : He trusted in God that he would deliver him
  • Accompagnato (tenor) : Thy rebuke hath broken his heart
  • Arioso (tenor) : Behold, and see if there be any sorrow
  • Accompagnato (soprano) : He was cut off out of the land
  • Air (soprano) : But thou didst not leave his soul in hell
  • Chorus : Lift up your heads, O ye gates
  • Recitative (tenor) : Unto which of the angels said he
  • Chorus : Let all the angels of God worship him
  • Air (alto) : Thou art gone up on high
  • Chorus : The Lord gave the word
  • Air (soprano) : How beautiful are the feet of him
  • Chorus : Their sound is gone out
  • Air (bass) : Why do the nations so furiously rage together
  • Chorus : Let us break their bonds asunder
  • Recitative (tenor) : He that dwelleth in heaven
  • Air (tenor) : Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron
  • Chorus : Hallelujah!
  • Air (soprano) : I know that my redeemer liveth
  • Chorus : Since by man came death
  • Accompagnato (bass) : Behold, I tell you a mystery
  • Air (bass) : The trumpet shall sound
  • Recitative (alto) : Then shall be brought to pass
  • Duet (alto, tenor) : O death, where is thy sting
  • Chorus : But thanks be to God
  • Air (alto) : If God be for ever
  • Chorus : Worthy is the lamb that was slain

Details

  • NCID
    BA6204711X
  • Country Code
    sw
  • Title Language Code
    ger
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    [Djursholm]
  • Pages/Volumes
    2 sound discs (140 min.)
  • Size
    12 cm
  • Attached Material
    1 booklet (27 p.)
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